BEL BYT.] 



PLANTS. 



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BECHERA, Sternberg, 1824, Vers. Darst. Flora 



der Vorwelt, p. 30. [Ety. proper name.] 



Like Asterophyllites in its verticillate 



leaves, but distinguished by its tumid 



joints and deeply and widely furrowed 



stems. Type B. grandis. 



grandis, Sternberg, 1824, Vers. Darst. 



Flora der Vorwelt, fasc. 4, p. 30, and 



Coal Flora of Pa., p. 41. Coal Meas. 



tenuis, Bunbury, 1846, Am. Jour. Sci., 2d 



series, vol. 2, p. 232, Coal Meas. 

 BEINERTIA, Gceppert, 1836, Syst, Filic. Foss. 

 p. 273. [Ety. proper name.] Distin- 

 guished from Pecopteris by the treble 

 flexuous nerves ; sometimes anastomos- 

 ing, and may have its actual represen- 

 tative in the Gymnogramme. Type B. 

 gymnogrammoides. 

 goepperti, Dawson, 1863, Can. Nat., vol. 8, 



and Acad. Geol. p. 485, Coal Meas. 

 Bergeria marginata, see Lepidodendron mar- 



ginatum. 

 Bergeria rfwmbica, see Lepidodendron 



rhombicum. 



BLASTOPHYCUS, Miller & Dyer, 1878, Jour. Cin . 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 24. [Ety. blastos, 

 bud ; phukos, sea-weed.] Plant'bilobate 

 with a button-like protuberance at the 

 junction. Type B. diadematum. 



diadematum, Miller & 

 Dyer, 1878, Jour. Ciu. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 1, p. 24, Utica Slate 

 Gr. 



BORNIA, F. A. Roemer, 

 1854, Palreontograph- 

 ica, vol. 3. [Ety. 

 proper name.] Stems 

 cylindrical, articulate 

 and furrowed as in 

 Calamites ; articula- 

 tions scarcely con- I 

 tracted; ribs cut | 

 square or obtuse at | 

 the articulations,con- 

 tinuous, not altemat- I 

 ing, thinly striate; cortical cylinder 

 thick; leaves verticillate, free, linear- 

 lanceolate. Type B. radiata. 

 inornata, Dawson, 1862, (Calamites inor- 

 natus,) Quar. Jour. Geo. Soc., vol. 18, 

 p. 310, Genessee Slate, 

 radiata, Brongniart, 1828, (Calamites ra- 

 diatus,) Hist. d. Veg. Foss., p. 122, and 

 Coal Flora of Pa., p. 30, Subconglomerate. 



Bothrodendron punctatum, see Ulodendron 



punctatum. 

 Brachyphyllum obtusum, see Lepidocystis ob- 



tusus. 



Bruckmannia longifolia, see Asterophyllites 

 longifolius. 



rigida, see Asterophyllites rigidus. 



tuberculata, see Annularia tuberculata. 

 BYTHOTREPHIS, Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, 

 p. 8. [Ety. buthos, depth of the sea; tre- 

 phos, to grow.] Stems subcylindrical or 

 compressed ; branches numerous, divari- 

 cating, sometimes leaf-like. Type B. 

 antiquata. 



antiquata, Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, p. 

 8, Calcif. Gr. 



asteroides, Fitch, 1849, Trans, Ag. Soc., 

 and Emmons Am. Geol., p. 101, Upper 

 Taconic. 



csespitosa, Hall, 1850, 3d Rep. N. Y. St., 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., p. 178, Trenton Gr. 



flexuosa, Emmons, 1844, (Fucoides flexu- 

 osa,) Taconic system, p. 69, Upper 

 Taconic. 



FIG. 18. Bornia tratisitionis. 

 transitionis, Gceppert, 1852, (Calamites 

 transitionis,) Foss. Fl. d. Uebergsg., p. 

 116, and Quar. Jour. Geo. Soc., vol. 18, 

 p. 309, Ham. Gr. 



FIG. 19. Bythotrephls ramulosa, showing the 

 jnds, and brauches as they appear on a nodule. 



gracilis, Hall, 1843, Geo. Rep., 4th Dist., 



N. Y., p. 69, and Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, p. 



62, Trenton to Clinton Gr. 

 gracilis var. crassa, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., 



vol. 2, p. 19, Clinton Gr. 

 gracilis var. intermedia, Hall, 1852, Pal. 



N. Y., vol. 2, p. 19, Trenton to Clin- 

 ton Gr. 

 granti, Dawson, 1888, Geo. Hist, of Plants, 



p. 37, Clinton Gr. 

 gregaria, Ringueberg, 1888, Proc. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phil., p. 131, Niagara Gr. 

 impudica, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., vol. 2, p. 



20, Clinton Gr. 

 lesquereuxi, Grote & Pitt, 1876, Bull. Buff. 



Soc. Nat. Hist,, vol. 3, p. 88,Waterlime Gr. 

 palmata, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., vol. 2, p. 



20, Clinton Gr. 



